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Assignment:
Plaque is hard on the outside and mushy on the inside. Sometimes that hard outer shell cracks. When this happens, a blood clot forms. If it completely blocks your artery, it cuts off the blood supply to part of your heart. Blood carries oxygen, and a shortage of that can quickly damage the organ and possibly kill you. The attack is sudden, and it's important to get medical help right away.
1. Can pyramidal tract lesions present as false localizing signs in benign intracranial hypertension?
2. How often can increased intracranial hypertension be present without papilloedema on examination?
3. Which is the most effective method of reducing raised intracranial pressure: mannitol, steroids or ventilation?
4. In the case of pseudotumour cerebri, if this is proved to be due to sagittal sinus thrombosis with no explanation for the thrombosis, should the patient receive lifelong anticoagulation treatment?
5. Does digitalis help reduce cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) formation, specifically in the treatment of resistant benign intracranial hypertension?
6. Is it safe to combine hydrochlorothiazide, amiloride, acetazolamide and digitalis (125 μg per day) in a hypertensive patient with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumour cerebri)?
7. What is the best indicator for monitoring the efficacy of treatment or the progress of the disease in pseudotumor cerebri? Is it by the disappearance of papilloedema, the relief of headache or by frequent visual field examination or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure?
8. What is the definition of 'bursting' when describing a headache?
9. 1. What drugs, other than tricyclic antidepressants, can be used in prophylaxis for daily tension headache?
2. Is propranolol an effective treatment?
10. Are maprotiline and imipramine as effective as amitriptyline in the treatment of tension headache?